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In the 9th episode of the podcast series, Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Ben Mathews about his work relating to child sexual abuse. In particular, we discuss some of the issues and gaps in legal responses to survivors’ civil claims and criminal actions against abusers. Ben also touches on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study – the first Australian national prevalence study - the findings of which are not yet published but will be released next year.

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